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What are you doing this weekend? I&#8217;m looking at a visit to the Sunday market (something that always relaxes me) and doing some work to free up time (as much as possible) for the holidays. Before that, though, here are freelance writing jobs to end the week. See you on Monday! Freelance Writing Jobs Content Writing Jobs Dental Content Writer (Remote) Freelance Writer &#8211; Local Surge (Remote) Business Content Writer (Greater Toronto Area) Are You an Automotive Guru? DIY Writers Wanted (Remote) Freelance Content & Blog Writer Food Allergy Writer (Remote) Freelance Writer &#8211;&hellip;

Using Gmail for your small business makes a lot of sense. It's a secure system. It's free. And it integrates well with other Google tools.It won't be much use if you don't know how to send Gmail messages, though. As a small business owner, you need to know how to send information to others. You need to know how to attach or insert information into your emails when needed. You also need to know how to forward a message you receive or copy others on a message you are sending.In this tutorial, we'll explain what you need to know to send your first email with Gmail, including a special section on&hellip;

Josh Sutton has been helping clients leverage advanced technologies to drive business transformation for the past twenty years. Most recently he has assumed leadership of Publicis.Sapient&#8217;s Artificial Intelligence Practice, helping companies leverage established and emerging artificial intelligence platforms to generate business insights, drive customer engagement, and accelerate business processes. With more than 22,000 people around the world, Publicis.Sapient, part of Publicis Groupe, is the world&#8217;s most advanced and largest digitally-centered platform focused exclusively on&hellip;

As a freelance writer, you may think you’ll increase your odds of picking up work by billing yourself as a generalist.
“I can write anything,” you tell clients, “just give me a topic.”
While this can seem like a good strategy at first glance, calling yourself a generalist is likely holding you back in your freelancing career. You’ll fare better – get higher quality work with better pay and attract more valuable clients – if you develop a niche. From technical writing to a specialization in media or finance writing, your niche is what sets you apart from the crowds of writers fighting for low-quality jobs at the bottom of the pay scale.
Identify Yourself
If you don’t immediately...

Email marketing is a means of getting in touch with customers directly via &#8211; you got it &#8211; email. It&#8217;s usually associated with businesses that sell products and want to push these not only to existing customers but also to its target market in general.
What does email marketing have to do with you, a freelance writer?
We&#8217;ve talked about treating freelancing as a business many times and how important it is to do that if you want to make a living as a freelance writer &#8211; whether full-time or part-time.
Check out &#8220;The Secret Sauce to Freelance Writing on the Side&#8220;
As a business owner, there are many things to consider to maintain a positive cash flow. You will have to think beyond merely writing content....

Tell me if you can relate to this as a writer…You often feel as though you’re working all alone on an island with no support.You occasionally get stuck, and wish you had access to something or someone who could help you get unstuck.You struggle to build a large, loyal following.You see cool writing tools that [&#8230;]
The post Cash in With The Ultimate Writer’s Advantage Giveaway appeared first on WTD.

What if your next article was not just easier to write, but also got more attention, shares, and traffic? For that matter, what if you had a roadmap to follow that boosted all of your posts from now on? It just so happens that such a roadmap exists in the form of the excellent infographic [&#8230;]
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Using Gmail for your small business makes a lot of sense.
It's a secure system. It's free. And it integrates well with other Google
tools.It won't be much use if you don't know how to send Gmail
messages, though. As a small business owner, you need to know how to send
information to others. You need to know how to attach or insert information into your emails when needed. You also need to know how to forward a message you receive or copy
others on a message you are sending.In this tutorial, we'll explain what you need to
know to send your first email with Gmail, including a special section on how to
make your Gmail messages more professional. We'll also go over some basic Gmail
features that will help you...

You’ve got a Facebook Page for your business. You’ve probably got a Twitter account too, and maybe even Instagram and Pinterest account. You’ve been told time and time again by gurus, experts, marketers and bloggers, that small businesses need a social media presence. But have you ever stepped back and thought why? Why am I spending time sharing “content” to “engage” my “audience” on Facebook? Is there a point to all this tweeting? Maybe there is. Maybe not. Sure, there are some businesses that benefit from active social media accounts—and we’ll come to them—but there are also plenty of times when throwing time and money into social media is simply a waste.Consider this: It...

It's hard to get excited about learning math. It's something that most of us spend our lives avoiding. It's also one of the best reasons to use Microsoft Excel for perfect calculations, every time.Don't think of these Excel formulas as math for math's sake. Instead, imagine how these formulas can help you automate your life and skip the trouble of making manual calculations. At the end of this tutorial, you'll have the skills you need to do all of the following, for example:<ul>
<li>Calculate the average score of your exams.</li>
<li>Quickly subtotal the invoices you've issued to clients.</li>
<li>Use basic statistics to review a set of data for trends and indicators.</li>
</ul>You don't have to be an accountant to master math in Excel,...

So you have a big presentation coming up and you want your PowerPoint slides to look great. The built in themes just aren't going to cut it. The good news is that it's quick and easy to add custom themes to PowerPoint for a unique look. How to Download and Install Your PowerPoint Template QuicklyWatch this short tutorial screencast or follow the quick steps that complement this video. 1. Download a Premium PowerPoint Template
I'm using the Simplicity theme, which is one of the professional PowerPoint templates available for purchase from GraphicRiver.Download and install the Simplicity PowerPoint template.
2. Extract Your Downloaded PowerPoint TemplateAfter you've downloaded the premium PowerPoint...

If you’re an artist, author or musician, selling digital goods is a fantastic way to distribute your work. And with the free Easy Digital Downloads (EDD) plugin for WordPress, creating an online store is an efficient and affordable experience.easydigitaldownloads.comAs great as the plugin is, it’s still a good idea to pair EDD up with an outstanding theme. Let’s explore just what makes for a great digital download shop and check out some themes that can help to make it happen.1. Provide Free Content PreviewsTempt potential buyers by sharing some of your work for free. If you’re a digital artist, maybe you provide a free vector file or two. Authors could share a chapter from a recent book. For...

Josh Sutton has been helping clients leverage advanced technologies to drive business transformation for the past twenty years. Most recently he has assumed leadership of Publicis.Sapient&#8217;s Artificial Intelligence Practice, helping companies leverage established and emerging artificial intelligence platforms to generate business insights, drive customer engagement, and accelerate business processes. With more than 22,000 people around the world, Publicis.Sapient, part of Publicis Groupe, is the world&#8217;s most advanced and largest digitally-centered platform focused exclusively on digital transformation and the dynamics of an always-on world. Some representative AI programs that Josh and Publicis.Sapient have...

The traditional enterprise storage market is declining and there are several reasons why. Some of them are easier to identify than others, but one of the most interesting aspects is that there&#8217;s a radicalization in workloads, hence storage requirements.
Storage as we know it, SAN or NAS, will become less relevant in the future. We&#8217;ve already had a glimpse of it from Hyperconvergence, but this kind of infrastructure is trying to balance all the resources &#8211; at the expense of overall efficiency sometimes &#8211; and they are more compute-driven than data-driven. Data intensive workloads have different requirements and need different storage solutions.
The Rise of Flash
All-flash systems are gaining in popularity,...

Rob May is the CEO and Co-Founder of Talla, a platform for intelligent information delivery in Slack and Hipchat. Previously, Rob was the CEO and Co-Founder of Backupify, (acquired by Datto in 2014). Before that, he held engineering, business development, and management positions at various startups. Rob has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and a MBA from the University of Kentucky.
He is also a well known angel investor, a venture partner at Pillar, and is the creator and writer of the widely-read and highly-regarded AI newsletter, Technically Sentient.
Rob May will be speaking at the Gigaom AI Now in San Francisco, February 15-16th. In anticipation of that, I caught up with him to ask a few...

As I flew away from Amazon Web Services’ Re:Invent developer conference, my first thought was how there is far, far more going on than anyone can keep up to date with. This issue has dogged me for some time, indeed every time I tried to make headway writing the now-complete book Smart Shift, I was repeatedly beset by the world changing for a thousand reasons and in a thousand ways. (As a result, incidentally, the book has morphed into a history of technology that starts 200,000 years in the past — at least that isn’t going to change! But I digress.)
Even though making sense of the rapidly changing digital landscape feels like drinking from several fire hydrants at once, such immersion does reveal some...

Advances in Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning have transformed the way computers understand images and videos. Over the last few years, innovative neural network structures and high-end hardware have helped research teams achieve groundbreaking results in object detection and scene description. Those structures have in turned been used to build generalist models aiming to recognize any object in any image.
Those breakthroughs are now being applied to specific use-cases, one of which is Content Moderation. Sightengine, an A.I. company, is making its image and video moderation service available worldwide through a simple API. Built upon specialist Neural Networks, the API analyzes incoming images or...

How’s your Christmas shopping coming along? That slow, huh? At this time of the year, chances are you’re not getting much (if any) writing done. So, you’ve decided to make a New Year’s resolution that you’ll WRITE MORE in 2017. How to write more: organization and preparation is everything Sadly, we creatives are not the [&#8230;]
The post How To Write More, More Easily In 2017: 3 Easy Tips appeared first on Angela Booth&#039;s Fab Freelance Writing Blog.

Today, more freelance writers than ever are writing fiction. The reason? Fiction sells. Write engaging stories, which make readers feel, and readers will forgive you anything. Not only does fiction sell when you write your own short stories and novels, ghostwriting fiction is beyond lucrative. With a stable of clients, you can make $10,000 for [&#8230;]
The post Writing Fiction: 5 Magical Tips For Powerful Scenes appeared first on Angela Booth&#039;s Fab Freelance Writing Blog.

We’re in December, within a few short (mad) weeks, 2016 will be no more. What did you achieve this year? Did you achieve one or more of your writing goals? Whether you did or not, 2017 is a brand new year. Writing goals: dreams with deadlines Everyone creates New Year’s resolutions. Sadly, most of our [&#8230;]
The post Writing Goals: 5 Tips To Achieve More Goals In 2017 appeared first on Angela Booth&#039;s Fab Freelance Writing Blog.

One of the issues I, and many others have been having lately, is that it&#8217;s hard to speak up about systemic issues due to the harassment and vitriolic reactions we get for doing so. Time and time again, it doesn&#8217;t matter who is saying that there are systemic issues we&#8217;re dealing with, that person often gets attacked for pointing them out&#8211;especially with respect to something as simple as representation or equal pay. Why? Well, it&#8217;s for the simple reason that the people who work in creative industries aren&#8217;t isolated from the rest of society. If misogyny, racism, and homophobia exist in society (along with the other -ists and -isms out there), then they are also part of working in any vertical, in any...

I&#8217;m pleased to share with you my 2016 releases in gaming, fiction, and non-fiction. This year, my specific goal was to shore up my non-fiction to (hopefully) get more opportunities in that area. I also wanted to write some media/tie-in stories, to dip my toes back in before submitting my original work. Plus, I&#8217;ve been very happy to edit anthologies as well and enjoy doing that work.
There&#8217;s a possibility there will be one or two more releases by the end of this year as well, but that will be in games as opposed to fiction or non-fiction.
A note about awards eligibility: I&#8217;d really appreciate it if you considered my work when you&#8217;re thinking about awards next year. It does mean a lot that you&#8217;re taking the...

I am pleased to announce that The Cainite Conspiracies, a collection of fourteen stories set in the world of Vampire: The Masquerade Dark Ages is now available. Stories were written by these fine authors, which include exemplary storytellers and Vampire: The Masquerade developers past and present: Maurice Broaddus, Renee Ritchie, Justin Achilli, Russell Zimmerman, Andrew Peregrine, Catherine Lundoff, Eddy Webb, Jacob Klünder, Ree Soesbee, David A. Hill Jr., Alan Alexander, Richard Dansky, Danielle Lauzon, and Neall Raemonn Price.
In celebration of this release, three of our authors wrote about their stories. You can read about &#8220;Family is Family&#8221; by Renee Ritchie, &#8220;Sand and Dust&#8221; by Andrew Peregrine, and...

My friend, fantasy author and game designer, Joe Dever passed away today of Lone Wolf fame, and my thoughts are with his family and close friends in this difficult time.
I&#8217;ve been struggling with the anecdote I wanted to share about Joe this afternoon, because it feels a little too personal and self-serving to me. I wanted to write something more than platitudes and condolences, and this is what popped into my mind. Forgive me if there&#8217;s too much &#8220;me&#8221; in this post, I just didn&#8217;t know how else to say what I needed to.
I first met Joe when I was over in the UK for UK Game Fest as a special guest. He was working with Cubicle 7 for his Lone Wolf RPG, and several folks said I had to meet him. I was completely...

I am pleased to announce I&#8217;m writing a new column for SFWA.org about game writing. In my debut column, I address a few definitions and misconceptions about writing for games. I hope you&#8217;ll check out the article, and comment if you have opinions. Words matter!
Words are integral to game design and gameplay. &#8211;SOURCE: Writing for Games: Introduction and a Few Misconceptions

And oversees the work of designers, photographers and freelance writers. Writes and edits a variety of marketing materials in electronic and print format,... $47,476 a yearFrom University of Idaho - Fri, 09 Dec 2016 03:57:19 GMT - View all Moscow jobs

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We are looking for an experienced designer to prepare a comprehensive style guide for the Spotio web app and Android and iPhone applications and then work on one off projects on an as needed basis goi...

Skillshare, a leading online learning platform for the creative community, is looking for product design professionals like you to share your skills with our community of over 2 million engaged studen...

Skillshare, a leading online learning platform for the creative community, is looking for design professionals like you to share your skills with our community of over 2 million engaged students. As a...

(San Francisco) We're reviewing portfolios from Freelance Senior Print + Editorial Designers for our SF based client. Is this you? <ul><li>Bay Area luxury home goods retail brand.</li><li>On-site only. </li><li>Print/catalog experience hard requirement.</li><li>Strong typography skills- must be on the pulse of today's lettering trends.</li><li>Strength in editorial design and a passionate relationship with type as a design element.</li><li>Exceptional aesthetic with a strong sense of branding. Refined, modern and clean.</li><li>Ability to work both independently and in a team environment.</li><li>Proficient in Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop and Microsoft Office.</li><li>Strength and expertise in all retail related print projects.</li><li>Ability to thrive in a fast-paced,...</li></ul>

(Anywhere) We are looking for experienced front engineer with single page applications, specifically Angular 1.x to assist with finishing an app for our company on full time basis. The project needs approx 60-70h of work from front end and we need somebody who can commit full hours at this stage.The app is in it's final stages and we need an additional pair of hands to help us to push the project through the finish line.Once the app is launched we will be looking for an ongoing maintenance and "phase 2" add ons, although hours will likely be part-time.We’re looking for experienced developer to join our core team who have a strong understanding of web technologies and want to help design, implement, and...

(Anywhere) Modern Tribe is looking for a talented and experienced freelance digital project manager based somewhere in North America. We’re a WordPress agency so hopefully you have run some projects with the platform.
If you are drawn to order like a moth to a flame, then drop us a line. If you like maintaining lists and seeing team members make progress because you set them up to succeed, then you are perfect for this gig.
If you are skilled in agile, waterfall and whatever-suits-the-project techniques, then we should talk.To be transparent, this is NOT a Digital Producer role. We have Strategists that you will be working with as well as UX team members. This gig is about organization and management more...

Writing is my product and it&#8217;s yours too. Oh sure, freelance writing is a creative, even artistic endeavor; it&#8217;s also a service. And it&#8217;s also my business. When I&#8217;m thinking...
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When I first started blogging I was writing for About.com. As that relationship ended I registered my domain name, and started this blog in a tentative way. Soon I was asked to join another blog...
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It wasn&#8217;t too long ago that a business plan was always a huge document full of financial projections, references to studies, biographies and who knows what, all aimed at getting financing for a...
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Just for the heck of it I thought I&#8217;d offer a short list of gifts I&#8217;d enjoy &#8211; feel free to pass this along to your friends and family and tell them you&#8217;d enjoy receiving these...
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The idea of a national day of gratitude is a lovely tradition, marred by tying it a myth about happy native Americans and pilgrims sharing a meal. The real story is devastating and why so many native...
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A .tsv file must be analyzed to obtain certain data from it (please find a full explanation and the .tsv file attached). Three java or scala files (either language is ok) must be written to deal with each of the three individual analysis... (Budget: €30 - €250 EUR, Jobs: Java, Scala, Spark)

Let me start off by being "that guy" who says: "You seen Vivino.com? Sure you have." And then I'll add "I want exactly that, but different". Heard it before, haven´t you? Well that is what I want. Something similar to Vivino's wine database, but for something else than wine... (Budget: €750 - €1500 EUR, Jobs: HTML, MySQL, PHP, Web Hosting, Website Design)

I am looking for a freelance programmer knowing Snake Members (plugin of wordpress) in order to program an e-commerce project to sell products using such Snake Members (Budget: $250 - $750 USD, Jobs: eCommerce, HTML, Shopping Carts, Website Design)

Employees can still benefit from a sale or liquidity event without offering equity or options. Here’s how we do it.A few years ago at one of our semi-annual Basecamp company meetups, the topic of options/equity came up. Since we don’t offer equity or options, people wanted to know how they could benefit on the upside if we ever sold the company.So David and I started thinking about it. We consulted some other business owners, Jeff Bezos (who owns a small piece of our company), and our accountants and lawyers. We wanted to get a pretty full picture of the implications of an equity program.The more people we talked to, the more complex it started to sound. The complexity was both psychological (social...

A recent shopping experience that really surprised meI was captivated when Apple opened its first set of physical retail stores in 2001. I’ve never owned a retail business, but I worked a variety of retail jobs growing up. What Apple did with retail was different.I’ve always been endlessly fascinated by retail. Watching people browse, seeing how people choose what to buy, seeing how moving stuff around in a store can have significant effects on purchasing patterns, etc. Paco Underhill’s Why We Buy is one of my favorite books of all time.When Apple finally opened one in the Chicago area over a decade ago, I rushed over there. I was in awe. What a unique retail experience. Just wonderful.And for years...

Illustration by Nate OttoHere’s a story for all you Cubs fans out there, or anyone who’s ever wondered: Who makes the championship t-shirts you see players wearing in the locker room right after they win the game?Marathon Sportswear in Blue Island, Illinois is one of those businesses. The t-shirt screen printing company is located in White Sox territory, but its president, Jim Piko Jr., roots for the Cubs. And when the Cubs won the 2016 World Series, he wasn’t just thrilled as a longtime fan of the team. Marathon, which Jim’s father started in the family garage in 1980, began printing tens of thousands of officially licensed Cubs t-shirts as soon as the team won the championship. It was the...

Here are six ways to get employees talking about what they really feel (and not what they think you want to hear)…“I can handle the truth. I’m pretty tough, Claire.”My CEO at the time told me this during our one-on-one about five or so years ago. The year was ending, and he wanted to know what the company could do to improve, how he could improve as a leader — and he wanted to know the truth of what I actually thought.Yet despite him saying he could “handle the truth,” I couldn’t bring myself to tell it to him.Truth was, I wasn’t confident in the company’s overall direction. And I was troubled when I learned a few employees felt they were treated unfairly in the company… But it...

The question has everything to do with the answer“What’s one thing you love about Basecamp?”“What’s the one thing you like least about Basecamp?”“If you could change one thing about Basecamp, what would it be?”“Would you recommend Basecamp to a friend or colleague?”We’ve asked these questions before. They’re ok, but ultimately they’re pretty self-serving. We wanted people to talk about us. What are we doing well, poorly, etc. We were getting answers. That’s what most companies are after when they ask questions — they’re looking for answers about themselves.But answers are easy to come by. What’s more interesting is impact and outcomes. What kind of impact is Basecamp...

‘Tis the holiday season—the time to squeeze in last minute projects and to chase those lingering unpaid invoices, so you can get ready to close the books on 2016. For self-employed professionals, it can be a hectic time of year. However, the holiday season is also a great time to give back. Social responsibility not [&#8230;]
The post 12 Days of Freshtivus: Giving is Good For Business appeared first on FreshBooks Blog - Tips & Tricks for Small Business Owners.

We have this natural pushback against the idea of branding and personal branding because we’ve seen it abused—and it left a bad taste in our mouth. But personal brand really doesn’t have to be an icky concept. I’ve done many interviews with inspiring creatives, and I keep seeing this thing they have in common: personal [&#8230;]
The post Andy J. Miller: Harness the Power of Personal Brand (Without Selling Your Soul) appeared first on FreshBooks Blog - Tips & Tricks for Small Business Owners.

As a small business owner, getting paid can be a major pain point but it is important—it’s what fuels your business. That&#8217;s why FreshBooks offers FreshBooks Payments and Stripe, so you can easily get set up and paid quickly. Now it’s Even Easier for Clients to Pay You Using Apple Pay With Apple Pay, your [&#8230;]
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Raising freelance rates is part of the business. So as the year draws to a close, now is an opportune time for you to revisit your rate card and adjust accordingly for the coming year. Whether you bill by the hour, the word or the project, you&#8217;re leaving money on the table if you’ve been [&#8230;]
The post Chase What You&#8217;re Worth: 6 Signs it&#8217;s Time to Raise Your Freelance Rates appeared first on FreshBooks Blog - Tips & Tricks for Small Business Owners.

Many entrepreneurs launch their own businesses to transform their passions into services for the public to consume and enjoy. Building my own business as a freelance location sound mixer has afforded me a plethora of opportunities and scheduling flexibility and, with FreshBooks, I’m not wasting precious time on invoicing clients, tracking expenses and managing paperwork. [&#8230;]
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Tom: The following is a guest post written by Chelsea Baldwin – the Founder of Copy Power, where she teaches freelancers how to reverse engineer their copywriting for more conversions and sales to grow their businesses. She’s written a free e-book with five easy to implement copywriting tricks to help you reduce your bounce rates, keep people on your site, and increase your leads.
Even before I quit my job, I knew I wanted to offer premium-priced services. I’d tried my hand at freelancing just after graduating college, and figured churning out 8–10 articles per day at $15 a pop wasn’t going to do me any good in the long run. The work was hard to find, and there was always someone willing to...

While it sure beats working in a regular office, freelancing can still turn into a daily grind, leaving you little time to evaluate your business and work on larger projects. That&#8217;s a shame, since stepping away from your work every once in a while can have huge payoffs, both personally and financially.
To give yourself some much-needed space, why not take a solo work retreat? It&#8217;s like a vacation, but with the express purpose of evaluating your business and pursuing projects you don&#8217;t normally have time for. What&#8217;s more, you&#8217;ll return refreshed and energized, brimming with new ideas and a renewed understanding of how to develop your business going forward.
In this post, I&#8217;ll explain why taking a solo...

Freelance writers can be an odd bunch. Not many other professions get paid by the word, after all. In real-world terms, that means your earning potential is affected by your efficiency in a way most nine-to-five jobs aren&#8217;t.
With that in mind, the logical solution as a freelance writer is to maximize your efficiency. You need to figure out what your weaknesses are, find the right tools or techniques to tackle them, then get to work. It requires you to take a long, hard look at yourself and ask, How can I be better?
It&#8217;s a lot to ask, for sure, but there&#8217;s plenty you can learn from others. Let&#8217;s walk through my routine and figure out how to adapt it to help you, in five simple steps (all the while...

Leaving work behind often means we&#8217;re in charge of our own schedule. Unfortunately, we’re not all naturally adept at managing our own workload. Left to our own devices, this often leads to terrible time management.
I think it’s safe to say everyone struggles with procrastination to some degree, but finding a structured system that fits your personality and way of thinking can do wonders for your productivity. Usually, it involves tricking ourselves into action. In my case, this system is the &#8216;anti to-do&#8217; list.
No solution is perfect, but finding one that&#8217;s suitable (as well as practicing it) is important. In this post, I’ll explain what an anti to-do list is, then teach you how to set up your...

One of the best things about self-employment is the flexibility it gives you. There&#8217;s no boss or company telling you when, where, or even how to work. This freedom lets you do cool things like go on a 30-day solo bike tour or move abroad to learn a new language.
However, it&#8217;s not all fun and games. Working without a boss means more flexibility, but it also means more responsibility. As a one-person operation, it&#8217;s up to you to plan, assign, and create high-quality work. With all of this additional management responsibility, it&#8217;s easy to let your creative output suffer – especially if you&#8217;ve never had to manage your own work before.
Don&#8217;t worry, though. In this post, we&#8217;re going to show you how to...

Part of me really would rather not tackle this subject, but I figure anything that somehow manages to consume me the way the results of this election have is probably something I need to get out of my head.
It&#8217;s not very often that I react to something in a way that truly surprises me. I know myself pretty fucking well and to find myself profoundly affected by something in a totally unexpected way has been a strange experience indeed.
My keen self-awareness has probably made it all the more surreal. Over the past year or so, I&#8217;ve been taking note of my own increasing level of interest and engagement in American politics.
It&#8217;s been difficult NOT to notice about myself, as it was never something that I...

<ol>
<li>I&#8217;m a feminist, so suck on that</li>
<li>If I were a guy, I&#8217;d be gay</li>
<li>I laugh at jokes that are racist, sexist and otherwise offensive&#8230;because, you know, they are JOKES</li>
<li>If I ever stop eating meat, it will be because I&#8217;m traumatized by occasionally coming across fat or gristle and not for ethical reasons</li>
<li>I smoke cigarettes and no amount of shaming will ever change the fact that I find smokers sort of sexy</li>
<li>I don&#8217;t give a fuck about the environment, global warming, recycling or living fucking &#8220;green&#8221;</li>
<li>I&#8217;m fat and I&#8217;m fine with it</li>
<li>There&#8217;s a good chance I&#8217;m still better looking than you anyway (and even if not, the fact that I say and think that should be more than enough to earn some hate from a few people, am I...</li></ol>

#10: Nature
I&#8217;ll probably get a lot of hate for including this in my post because the world is full of freaks and nut jobs who apparently enjoy things like camping, travelling, and the not-so-great outdoors.
They are a fucking mystery to me.
But hey, don&#8217;t hate on me. It just means there&#8217;s more nature for you because I don&#8217;t want any. Enjoy.
#9: Astronomy
As you can see from the above gallery of screenshots, astronomy related news tends to be what I consider among the most captivating.
Seriously, pattern on surface of something looks like Morse Code?
Might as well report on a giant cloud in the sky shaped like a middle finger.
Whack me off harder.
I have no fucking idea why so much money is...

I consider myself a creative individual, but my feelings on copyright and intellectual property are somewhat complex and I&#8217;ll admit that, if anything, I lean toward a worldview of equal accessibility to all forms of media.
By &#8220;media,&#8221; I mean everything from films and books to artwork and music.
I suppose it&#8217;s important to disclose that I value respect more than money.
I feel that equal access to the creative works produced by mankind is ultimately a benefit to all, as a collective whole.
Increased access leads to increases in reactions, feedback, conversations, inspiration, derivative works, ideas and personal enrichment.
To me, these combined benefits usually outweigh the importance of one or a few...

Since I&#8217;m the only living 90s kid who doesn&#8217;t currently write shit for fucking Buzzfeed, I figured I had better make my own list of childhood nostalgia in their characteristically lazy and sparse style.
I feel like I should add a disclaimer making it clear that I am in no way certain of whether I actually thought growing up in the 90s was as spectacular as I make it sound, or if I just hate being an adult so much that it seems that way.
Hopefully that grain of salt is big enough to keep you from falling head first into this toilet of a list post.
Enjoy.
The Disney Renaissance
The greatest animated films ever made by Disney came out during my childhood.
Younger generations are lucky since they...

You can download the transcript for the The Web Designer’s Solution to Becoming a Market Leader in an Overcrowded Industry here.
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Small businesses face a lot of challenges. If you’re reading this post, how to market your small business so prospects remember you is probably one of them. Luckily, there are many ways to help your business stick in the minds of prospective customers. Of course, you will benefit greatly by exploring different marketing strategies to find tactics best suited for your business goals. In addition, it&#8217;s also important to keep reminding yourself that marketing is not&#8230;
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So, I came across this infographic in my Internet research travels and thought my readers would find some value in checking it out. While this list could go on forever, the points listed are some of the biggest challenges facing design and development studios today. As to numbers 5 and 7, this is where copywriters and content writers can play a signficant role in eliminating the obstacles and enhancing the user experience and keep &#8217;em&#8230;
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Whether you are working as a freelance website designer or own a large web design studio, it’s important to keep your business healthy and relevant. To do so, you need to help your business expand and broaden its horizons. This infographic covers 6 simple tips that can further build your web design business.
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Web designing is a challenging task. It takes a lot of creativity, ingenuity and brainstorming sessions to produce a suitable web design. Only a web designer understands the challenges fellow web designers routinely experience. Web designs that are admired and valued by clients achieve that position only after constant development and critical thinking. Websites syncing with multiple apps, along with a site’s ability to be responsive are just a few factors that keep web designers&#8230;
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Every once in a while, I’ll get an email from a freelance writer that asks me to do something I can’t or don’t do. It might be in the form of a pitch to write for me, or it might be a CV to&#8230; Well, I really don’t know why someone would send me a [&#8230;]

I woke up today with a heavy head and low energy. Again. My flu shot is waiting for me at the pharmacy with my name on it (literally; I booked it). I’m just waiting for my body to feel okayish so that I can get the contents without getting sicker afterwards. My immune system is [&#8230;]

Sometimes, you just feel stuck. Whether it’s being stuck in your comfort zone because of elements out of your control or failing to take risks due to practical reasons, it’s a horrible feeling. You don’t want your life to be any less exciting the movie characters’ you’re watching, though you (probably) want slightly less danger. [&#8230;]

On the surface, Grace and Jack are the perfect married couple. They adore each other, and they are always together. Jack is an accomplished lawyer who has never lost a case, and Grace is the perfect housekeeper. They are rich, beautiful and in love. Grace wishes. In reality, they are always together because Jack doesn’t [&#8230;]

Hi, I’m Pinar, and I’m a shopaholic. (Yes, I love and adore the book series (aff.link) by Sophie Kinsella up until there is a baby involved.) I love shopping so much that I once lost 16 pounds in one summer with shopping (and walking during that shopping) as my only fitness activity. OK, it is not THAT bad. [&#8230;]

I’ve been freelancing or consulting for 80% of my adult working life. In fact, as of writing this, it’s been almost exactly 10 years since I resolved to quit my job and start working at home, having absolutely no idea how to actually do it.
Over the course of that decade, I’ve worked with hundreds of clients in dozens of countries, and have learned a lot about business, marketing, and productivity. If you want to succeed working for yourself, especially once you have a family, you don’t really have a choice. But it wasn’t always like this. I wasn’t always able to take time off midday to take my son to the dentist or go see a movie when he’s home for an in-service day. I couldn’t always hang...

For two years I worked at a large and very active agency in New York City. It was both difficult and very impactful in my career because of the grueling pace and demanding nature of clients who were used to seeing easily measurable results. In many industries, success is static. You either do what you say you’re going to do or you don’t. There’s little grey area.
But in digital marketing, there’s a lot of grey, because guarantees are difficult to provide and even more difficult to back up. It’s risky to promise a client you can improve their rank in Google for specific keywords within a specific amount of time. It’s risky to promise a certain amount of revenue growth when the value and success...

You&#8217;ve just written an epic blog post that you&#8217;re certain will go viral in a matter of hours. You hit &#8220;Publish&#8221; and wait for those hits and &#8220;shares&#8221; to roll in. Unfortunately, it isn&#8217;t that simple for most of us, and a few extra steps are required to make sure that your efforts weren&#8217;t in vain. On WordPress alone, there are over 2.2 million posts per day, so you&#8217;ll need to find a way to make yours stand out from that crowded field. Here are seven things that you should do after you launch that well thought-out blog post.
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Whether you do this before or right after initially publishing your post, optimizing internal linking is incredibly important for several...

It&#8217;s great to say you&#8217;re going to remain productive despite distractions, but work doesn&#8217;t happen in a vacuum.
There are outside factors. Phone calls. Meetings. Emergencies. Family.
You can&#8217;t control everything in your life, and when a curveball comes your way, it can throw your schedule into disarray.
I can&#8217;t help you control life. Sometimes, things will hit the proverbial fan. But I do have a handful of tips to help minimize how often your calendar gets bombarded with unexpected requests, so that you can remain productive through it all.
1. Say Yes Only When You Can Follow Through
The “yes” syndrome is a major area where you can cause problems for yourself. This is a tricky line to walk though. Say...

There are a lot of really cool things online – tools, services, and techniques that other entrepreneurs and businesses are using to create incredible experiences for their prospects and customers.
When I see someone doing something new and exciting I take note – literally. I have a Notebook in Evernote filled with all the awesome stuff I see and notes on how I might be able to implement the same tactic as part of a client&#8217;s marketing strategy, and sometimes make it better.
But I don&#8217;t often make it back to that list.
It exists and if I ever need a shot in the arm for a project, there&#8217;s a big list somewhere with enough ideas to launch a half dozen startups in stealthy, creative ways. Here&#8217;s the thing,...

As a freelancer, you need to be concerned about the security of your website, especially if you use WordPress. I’ve met some designers for whom the word ‘security’ is met with either disdain or a long, painful cringe. The idea, [&hellip;]

Let me ask you a simple question: what are you doing here? Yes, I mean you. You’ve been combing the internet for months. Maybe even years. You’ve read up on more articles about freelancing than you ever thought could possibly [&hellip;]

Automation. It’s such a sexy word. I mean, who doesn’t want the most time-consuming, annoying pieces of their business to run on auto-pilot. A few years ago, when I first read Tim Ferris’ landmark business book The Four Hour Workweek, [&hellip;]

Being a freelancer is tough in so many respects. Yet, you have the awesome skill set that is valuable to someone, which sparked the urge to strike out on your own in the first place. With freelancing, there’s so much [&hellip;]

Hi guys. It&#8217;s been a while since I&#8217;ve written a post. What have y&#8217;all been up to? I&#8217;ve been cracking away at Swagbucks, Mturk, my part-time job, and crafts the last month. The holidays will soon be here and I haven&#8217;t even started my shopping. I&#8217;ve got to get on the ball! I&#8217;m going to do my best to support small businesses this season.
Small businesses used to be a staple in this country. Every town had a main street booming with local shops. These days, buying from local people is becoming a thing of the past. And buying local doesn&#8217;t have to be at a physical store. There are many crafters and independent sales companies out there, as well.
I&#8217;ve come up with 5 reasons to support small businesses. I hope...

Halloween is coming upon us fast! Can you believe how time flies? It seems like a few days ago when the redbuds and dogwoods were in bloom here in my part of the world. Now the nights are downright chilly and the days have a soft warmth, which I love. The time is at hand to start coming up with Halloween ideas, as well as fall decorations.
Halloween Ideas for your Party
I turn to Pinterest for ideas for any occasion. There are so many great DIY Halloween ideas, fall decorations, fun recipes, and everything else you could ever come up with. Some of my favorite Halloween pins:
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Wanna learn a new crochet stitch? Or need a refresher? Or maybe you&#8217;re looking for some free patterns. Today I&#8217;m bringing you some websites that have great crochet tutorials and patterns. I&#8217;ve gotten away from the homemade part of this blog. So I thought it was time to share some posts from yarn/crochet sites. And this is mostly because I&#8217;m terrible at explaining stitches.
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<li>Annie&#8217;s-Formerly known as Annie&#8217;s Attic, this is the link to Annie&#8217;s stitch guide. The tutorials include basic stitches, advanced stitches, how to increase and decrease, and much more. They also offer a free Talking Crochet newsletter sent straight to your e-mail. You can sign up here. Annie&#8217;s also has magazine subscriptions available....</li></ul>

Have you ever been to Kentucky? If not, you&#8217;re missing out; of course, I&#8217;m biased. I&#8217;ve lived in the state for 18 years and most of my roots come from here. And I work in Renfro Valley.
Kentucky has it all except the ocean-mountains, hills, lakes, streams, flat and rolling farmland, plus lots of beautiful backroads. To me, it&#8217;s like no other place. Renfro Valley is one of those special Kentucky places where you can go back in time for a while. The Valley is located just off I-75 at Exit 62.
There are quite a few attractions in Renfro Valley to enjoy. I&#8217;m focusing on the Bittersweet Cabin Village in this post, but will also include a short list of other attractions.
Bittersweet Cabin Village
I love the...

Do you consider yourself to be an independent person? For years I thought I was until I found myself living alone for the first time when I was 42. That&#8217;s when I realized I wasn&#8217;t nearly as independent as I thought.
I worked, took care of the bills, went out of town alone, and set up at craft fairs by myself. I thought I could take care of myself. And I can, but at the beginning I struggled greatly. I soon found that I&#8217;d been far too dependent on my husband for everything.
When you&#8217;re young it&#8217;s easier to be influenced into doing or thinking what others say you should be doing and thinking. This is especially true when you&#8217;re not confident with who you are. Going straight from your parents&#8217; home to a...

The compelling book “The Ghost in the Hollows” now follows with “Missing in the Hollows,” which is book two in the Young Adult fiction “The Hollow Hills Explorers Series” by Patricia Komar. The thrillers are both quickly becoming well known for being suspenseful reads, from start to finish, as per the raving reviews pouring in &#8230; Continue reading Find Out More about the Hollows in the Latest Read &#8594;

Being a writer is one thing & being a good one is another thing. Your logic might be good, but if you fail to reflect it in your write-up, you won’t succeed in the race. Because writing extends itself to a certain brevity & casualness in terms of both style & tone that everyone does &#8230; Continue reading 10 ways to improve your writing skills &#8594;

Writing a novel can be easy, but writing a good one is tough. Anyone can sit down and start writing a novel, but it needs something else to make it readers’ cup-of-tea. Novel writing is an art that takes a lot of patience, practice, & determination &#8211; which everyone can&#8217;t do or does not have. &#8230; Continue reading Things to know before writing a Novel &#8594;

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